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TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. SECOND SERIES. VOLUME IV. PART THE SECOND. Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curse sit, non tantum inventis hserere, atque iis uti, sed ad ulteriora penetrare; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opere naturam vincere; denique non belle et probabiliter opinari, sed certo et ostensive scire; tales, tanquam veri scientiarum filii, nobis (si videbitur) se adjungant. Novum Organum, Preefatio. LONDON: PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, tfLEET STREET. SOLD AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SOMERSET HOUSE. 1836. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 1836. PRESIDENT. CHARLES LYELL, Jun., Esq. M.A. F.R.S. F.L.S. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Rev. WILLIAM BUCKLAND, D.D. F.R.S. GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH, Esq. F.R.S. F.L.S., Professor of Mineralogy and Geology in F.L.S. the University of Oxford. EDWARD TURNER, M.D. F.R.S. L.& E. Pro Sir PHILIP DE MALPAS GREY EGERTON, fessor of Chemistry in the University of London. Bart. M.P. F.R.S. SECRETARIES. WILLIAM JOHN HAMILTON, Esq. | WOODBINE PARISH, Jun., Esq. F.R.S. FOREIGN SECRETARY. HENRY THOMAS DE LA BECHE, Esq. F.R.S. F.L.S. TREASURER. JOHN TAYLOR, Esq. F.R.S. COUNCIL. FRANCIS BAILY, Esq. V. P. & Treas. R.S. F.L.S. Viscount OXMANTOWN, F.R.S. WILLIAM JOHN BRODERIP, Esq. F.R.S. JOHN FORBES ROYLE, Esq. F.L.S. F.L.S. Rev. ADAM SEDGWICK, Woodwardian Professor WILLIAM CLIFT, Esq. F.R.S. in the University of Cambridge, F.R.S. F.L.S. Sir ALEXANDER CRICHTON, M.D. F.R.S. Lieut-Col. WILLIAM HENRY SYKES, F.R.S. WILLIAM HENRY FITTON, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. F.L.S. HENRY WARBURTON, Esq. M.P. F.R.S. HENRY HALLAM, Esq. F.R.S. F.L.S. ROBERT HUTTON, Esq. Rev. WILLIAM WHEWELL, F.R.S. F.L.S. RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, Esq. V.P.R.S. F.L.S. CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN. WILLIAM LONSDALE, Esq. ADVERTISEMENT. THE Editors of the Transactions of the Geological Society are directed to make it known to the Public, that the Authors alone are respon sible for the facts and opinions contained in their respective papers. It is requested that all letters and communications to the Secretaries, and presents to the Society, may be addressed to the "Apartments of the cr Geological Society, Somerset House, London." .

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